Refrigerator-circle



No. 625,333. Patented May 23, I899. F. HINRIGHS.

REFRIGERATOR CIRCLE.

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FERDINAND HINRICHS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

REFRIGERATOR-CIRCLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,333, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed July 1,1898. Serial No. 684,913. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND HINRICHS, of St. Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Refrigerator-Circles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of butter or cheese holders which constitute part of the construction of the refrigerator and which maybe turned into open position to make the cheese accessible.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a holder which will prevent the inlet of warm air to the refrigerator when both in closed position and when turned to open position.

To this end my invention consists in the construction hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved holder or circle and the surrounding framework of the refrigerator. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof in closed position. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and Fig; 4 is a horizontal section showing the holder in open position.

In the drawings, A represents the framework of the refrigerator, and 13 represents my improved holder or circle, having pivotal support 2 in an opening in the front of said refrigerator. Said refrigerator is made up of solid bottom and top portions 3 and 4, formed at their outer ends with grooves 5, in which is secured semicylindrical glass wall 6. Connecting the top and bottom of the holder and fitting over the inside edges of the glass are the uprights 7. These uprights are each formed with an outwardly-projecting flange 8, adapted to-flt into the grooves 9 in the wall of the refrigerator, as shown in Fig. 1, to form an air-tight joint when the holderis in closed position. When the holder is in open position, said flange abuts against the opposite face of the refrigerator-wall, as shown in Fig. 4, and likewise forms an air-tight joint. It will thus be evident that an inlet of warm air or escape of cool air from the refrigerator is prevented when the holder is either in open or closed position. A rubber or other suitable backing 10 is also preferably arranged between the top and bottom of the holder and the wall of the refrigerator to form an air tight joint. An auxiliary circular bottom 11 (preferably of cast metal) is secured in stationary position above the bottom 4 of the holder, as shown in Fig. 1. Above said auxiliary bottom is rotatably mounted a platform 12, upon which the cheese or other article is placed. The holder may thus be turned to open position and back to closed position with out necessitating the turning of the platform 12, and the platform 12 may also be turned upon the bottom 11 when the circle or holder is opened to bring the cheese into the desired position for cutting. The advantage of being able to turn the cheese-platform independently of the holder Will be evident.

. I claim- 1. The combination with the refrigerator, of a holder arranged in an opening in the wall thereof, consisting of a solid top and bottom, with a transparent vertical wall, j ournal-support for said holder, and flanges carried by the opposite sides of said holder and adapted to each make contact with the wall of the refrigerator in both open and closed position of the holder.

2. The combination with the refrigerator, of a holder arranged in an opening in the wall thereof, journal-support for said holder, and

devices projecting outwardly from the opposite sides of said holder and adapted to make an air-tight joint between each side of the holder and the wall of the refrigerator, both when the holder is in closed and in open position.

3. The combination with the refrigerator, of a holder journaled in an opening in the refrigerator-wall, said holder consisting of solid top and bottom with a semicylindrical vertical wall, outwardly-projecting flanges carried by said holder adapted to fit in grooves in the refrigerator-wall when the holder is in closed position, and adapted to abut against the opposite sides of the wall when the holder is in opened position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND HINRICHS.

Witnesses:

PETER BOELBERG, H. B. NoRDsrRoM. 

